Some need-to-know things
A useful site for parents to get in touch with other parents in the GEC - Jeju GEC Parents Facebook page
The new Eston Clinic in the GEC specializes in Family medicine, Paediatrics, and Dermatology. Follow this link and check out the info and address in the clinic in the first green box.
jeju101.weebly.com/local-gps.html
Here is a link to another Paediatrics clinic - http://joopediatrics.com/
The new Eston Clinic in the GEC specializes in Family medicine, Paediatrics, and Dermatology. Follow this link and check out the info and address in the clinic in the first green box.
jeju101.weebly.com/local-gps.html
Here is a link to another Paediatrics clinic - http://joopediatrics.com/
Baby Talk
Child bearing and rearing is different in every country. What is considered essential back home - wherever that is - may not be considered essential here, and vice versa.
For example, if you deliver your baby here, you will probably be asked to stay in the hospital for about a week after your delivery, whereas back home, you might be back in your own bed the next day.
Another difference is that in Korea, a baby is not usually brought out in public until after the 100th day after the baby's birth. Back home, you might have your friends and relatives drop in to say hi and meet your new cutie soon as the baby is born. Very few people have access to the new happy addition in Korea till after the 100th day. Then there is a big 100th day celebration, very similar to a birthday celebration!
Basically, as a parent you have three options:-
1. Go native! See how the Koreans have been bearing and raising healthy babies for thousands of years.
Or...
2. Ask around the ex-pat community here and see what you can get and from where to get it, to make this feel more like home.
Or...
3. Combine the two.
For example, if you deliver your baby here, you will probably be asked to stay in the hospital for about a week after your delivery, whereas back home, you might be back in your own bed the next day.
Another difference is that in Korea, a baby is not usually brought out in public until after the 100th day after the baby's birth. Back home, you might have your friends and relatives drop in to say hi and meet your new cutie soon as the baby is born. Very few people have access to the new happy addition in Korea till after the 100th day. Then there is a big 100th day celebration, very similar to a birthday celebration!
Basically, as a parent you have three options:-
1. Go native! See how the Koreans have been bearing and raising healthy babies for thousands of years.
Or...
2. Ask around the ex-pat community here and see what you can get and from where to get it, to make this feel more like home.
Or...
3. Combine the two.
iHerb - https://www.iherb.com/
One thing that is mentioned a lot by the ex-pat mothers here, is iHerb. Now, this is not a website just for babies. It's a site that operates out of California, but ships here no problem. It offers a very comprehensive range of organic: -
However, the baby section seems to be a big hit for parents here.
- supplements
- herbs
- bath products
- beauty products
- grocery products
- baby products
- sports products
- home products
- pet products
However, the baby section seems to be a big hit for parents here.
Things you can get and things you can't
You can get diapers/nappies, formula, children's vitamins, etc. here, and baby wipes too. You can get some baby products you might recognise (e.g. Johnson's baby products, but maybe not the full range you are used to getting), but maybe such things as nappy rash cream will be here but will be a Korean brands, and it will be written in Korean. A little research before you get here might be helpful to you later on.
Check out this example page for some advice on things you might need available to get while in Jeju: -
GMarket - gcategory.gmarket.co.kr/Listview/Category?GdlcCd=100000006
The rest are links for the mainland probably in Seoul: -
Korea4Expats - www.korea4expats.com/article-shopping-for-mom-baby-korea.html
AngloInfo - www.angloinfo.com/seoul/directory/seoul-baby-equipment-clothing-507
On Jeju, you can't get E45 products (UK based products), and often you can't get specialised over-the-counter products (such as gluten free stuff, sugar free products, etc.). Research your options before you get here and make sure to include some things in your shipment to settle in here. Once you are here, you can start looking around and finding stuff that you like. And don't foget... iHerb!
Check out this example page for some advice on things you might need available to get while in Jeju: -
GMarket - gcategory.gmarket.co.kr/Listview/Category?GdlcCd=100000006
The rest are links for the mainland probably in Seoul: -
Korea4Expats - www.korea4expats.com/article-shopping-for-mom-baby-korea.html
AngloInfo - www.angloinfo.com/seoul/directory/seoul-baby-equipment-clothing-507
On Jeju, you can't get E45 products (UK based products), and often you can't get specialised over-the-counter products (such as gluten free stuff, sugar free products, etc.). Research your options before you get here and make sure to include some things in your shipment to settle in here. Once you are here, you can start looking around and finding stuff that you like. And don't foget... iHerb!